überwinden
German, verb
überwinden is spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-I-N-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überwinden is a German verb meaning “to overcome, to get over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Überwinden is a different word: “gerund of überwinden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit etwas Schwierigem fertig werden”.
What does überwinden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overcome, to get over
noun
- 1
neutergerund of überwinden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit etwas Schwierigem fertig werden 2. ein Hindernis überqueren 3. sich dazu bringen, etwas zu tun oder zu sagen, das man eigentlich nicht tun oder sagen wollte
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of überwinden
- überwindet present singular third-person
- überwand past
- überwunden participle past
- überwände past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- überwindend participle present
- überwinde first-person indicative present
- überwindest indicative present second-person
- überwanden first-person indicative plural
- überwänden first-person formal plural
- überwandest indicative preterite second-person
- überwandst indicative preterite second-person
- überwandet indicative plural preterite
- überwändest formal rare second-person
- überwändet formal plural rare
- überwind imperative second-person singular
- überwinde! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to überwinden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is überwinden in German?
überwinden appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).